Updated: Friday, August 8, 2008 at 11:51am
For New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr., violence reduction and education continue to be the city’s highest priorities. Echoing the concerns and priorities he has laid out in previous public forums this year, DeStefano highlighted the need to focus on crime reduction, schools and securing state funding at his fourth and final community budget meeting Thursday evening at...
Although they only account for 4.8 percent of all American elected officials, office-holders under the age of 35 showed this week that they are still determined to be effective leaders. Today, more than 150 of these young elected officials working in all levels of government will leave Little Rock, Ark., after the conclusion of the 2008 Young Elected Officials Network...
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. joined a panel of speakers — including Sen. John Kerry ’66 — at the Boston State House on Monday in discussing what they described as the negative aftermath of the raids the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement has executed in cities across the Northeast over the last year. DeStefano — basing his...
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. will testify before a national immigration misconduct commission in Boston on Monday to speak on his experiences from last summer’s immigration raids in Fair Haven, which provoked an outcry from Latino leaders and supportive community members. The hearings will examine the personal, community and economic repercussions of immigration raids by...
Both Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Gov. M. Jodi Rell want to see prison reform. They just don’t see eye to eye on what exactly needs to be reformed. In response to remarks DeStefano made at a press conference Tuesday in which he blamed the state for not doing enough to prevent crime in New Haven, Rell — who beat DeStefano in the 2006 gubernatorial race — sent an...
Public safety was at the top of New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s list of priorities Thursday evening as he presented his proposed 2008 budget to community members. Addressing a diverse group of roughly 50 residents at the main branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, DeStefano discussed his proposed budget distribution for the 2008 fiscal year. In his...
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. showed up at the aldermanic chambers Monday night to offer his assessment of the city’s state of affairs. But he couldn’t resist the temptation to talk about the state of the nation. “There are not many times that I would say that I’d prefer to be in Hartford instead of New Haven. But I know that at least some of us would like...
Mayor John DeStefano Jr., Board of Aldermen President Carl Goldfield and several other city officials unveiled their legislative agenda for the year at City Hall on Monday morning, with emphasis on what they called the “four E’s” — environment, education, economy and equity. But he said the success of the proposed projects depends largely on cooperation from the...
Darnell Goldson graduated first in his class from Hillhouse High School in 1979. Almost 30 years later, the thought of his alma mater still makes the lifelong New Haven resident emotional. But his emotions are hardly those of nostalgia. Goldson is “deeply concerned” about the state of Hillhouse High School and the rest of the public schools in the Elm City, which...
Mr. DeStefano is going to Washington — at least for the weekend. New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. is currently in the nation’s capital to participate in the 76th winter meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, where he has joined over 250 of his national counterparts to discuss the economy. While there, he will speak at the Brookings Institution, where...
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. last night presided over the first of four meetings he has planned for the coming months to convince community leaders of the importance of increasing economic development and shifting the tax burden from homeowners to businesses. The proposals DeStefano presented on Wednesday evening target five areas of downtown New Haven with potential for...
If Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s proposed raise is approved next month, he may be able to use the money to buy a new car. But with his aldermanic salary, Ward 11 Alderman Robert Lee said he could only buy its gas. Of the 11 aldermen interviewed this week, many said they would welcome a raise in their “very low” wages. According to city records, Board members have not...
